Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-05


Thereforet the creation OF q new type
OF government which should come from
the People, be by the people and
conducted for the People,
Which should control the whole CONT
nent and to tnat end be powerful enc
great
But which should also have no powe1
to crush the cltizsn and should therefore
be limited and qualified, and controlled
by local self-G Governments independen,
OF the National Power sovereign within
their own spheres and beyond the power
OF the Central Government.
SoShere my fellow countrymen, my
fellow workmen, my fellowmen. OF ali
trades, callings and industries whatever
is the charter OF your liberties. Here
is the reason to be as the French say o
your rights and claims to q free govern
ment,
II is, that mep,as men, unfettered by ole
distinction OF class and caste, untram,
melltd By old bonds of thought and 40
tlon, unweighted by old discrimination,
against the poor and weak, in a freedom
OF thought, freedom OF action, freedom
OF worship, with greater ease in obtain
ing q livelihood, With greater facilities
for obtaining homes, with greater mean.
for general education, in short, witt
everything In Government, tending t.
aid in lifting all men up in the scale o.
life, instead OF tending to keep the mas
of men down, and elevate the favored
few, shonld have q freer, better, wider
and higher chance for themselves, thar
ever before was the case in any coun-
try, or in any nation, in the history o
the world.
So that, there may be prepared a
last on this continent, this flower ant
the iruitage of all the human race, with
. comfort and Independence, q genera
enlightenment and culture, and q mora
and spiritual ILLUMINATION, which will Fl
them for receiving and giving to the
world the last, best and highest reyela
tions5 in Art.and Science and Philosophy
and in Spiritual life, which even now
are lowering over Us. ready to be re
vealed; and shimmerings, tokens ant
signs, OF which, from time to time, CLEAN
along onr, horizon, like q summer even
ipR's play Of lightning.
Therefore, it Is, that when our fore
fathers gave to us Governments of the
People, By the People, and for the
People, they give US q sacred charter
made thrice sacred. because it was anc
lie, an indispensable e to TIL
highest of destinies.
Therefore, it is, that running under
all onr Toll. and labors, and unrest, there
is q sense of nobility, Q spirit of freedom
b looking for better things. q determine.
tion to rise, q latent subtle, but constant
aspiration for higher things, which
makes every American settlement, every
American school, every American tow1
meeting, something totally and funda
mentally different from anything of the
Kind anywhere else in the world.
You, and I, and our children, may b,
anything which we have the ability AMI
character to fit us for.
The only spot on Gods Earth, where
this ean yet be said is our own country
Boil this down in one sentence, anl
you have as the gist, and essence ,ani
aim, and end, Of all our institutions, anG
laws, and forms this:
A poor mans country lands poor man'
Government, with equal rights and privi
le2es for all, and a fair chance for ever,
man.
This Is the. supreme object and end, o
all our laws and institutions and modeI
of government.
80 long. as our Government works OF
that line, just 80 long and no longer, is il
working ~legitimatelY and properly.
Whenever, wherever. and just SO fal
ss il departs from this line, il becomes
untrue to itself, to its people. to 1T
fundamental prinoiples. and must hi
changed end corrected and restored Il
it's true Iihs.
THE POWER WHO RULES.
As a Great Unseen Physical Power
whose Sensible Presence and suprem,
control, in ell phenomena, the highes
scientific in thought of the 10th century
has of last fully recognized and .,ac,
knowied. in The writings of its creates
deponent. Herbert Spencer.
As also, q Great Uaseen, intellectual
Power, whose inspiration 20 all human
thought, in every many has been recog
nized by the earth's foremost minds
Abraham, Moses, Socrates, DevId
Marcus, AureIiEs. Isaiah, Paul; Bacon
Goethe, Milton, Shakespeare, is now b.
ginning TO be universally felt amt
acknowledged.
As also % Great nuseenAaoral and Spirit
nal power, whose bfooding constant anc
silent influence IN all mans highest
noblest and best aspirations, affections
and determinations, has been yariously
recognized, az o "Stream Ct Tendency, :
tine .Zsitgeist,. the "Over.Soul'-and
by those who know it best aThe Spirit
10 now beginning to be recognized gen,
orally, and Its operations seem to BIZ
Phenomena, as regular, constant, and
real, as the Winds or the Tides.
30 now, also, the Worlds coming tc
realize, and are on the eve OF some great
outbuist Of recognition OF the fact, thai
over andabove, in and under, pernleat-
ing, and surrounding, moving
unseen amidst, and guiding
and controlling. all political movements
and growth, of whatever sort, is 9 Great,
Unseen Political Power, WhG is working
constantly; WHO is working for the
benefit OF the individual mar
and whose turniDgs and over.
tnrninRs, are all on q distinct
we'll matured and w-ide.reaching plan
which has FOR its fixed end, the improve,
ment of the condition Of all men.
1T is 8 pregnant fact, full OF signif-
canoe in these times, that this Power
is on the side OF the poor man, the OPP
pressed man, the injured man,esssy-
where and not on the side OF the
strongest battaliens az Napoleon sail.
This great central fact, which the in
sight Of the Hebrew Seer, was the first
tu see dimly, through the naists Of the
ignorance, prejudice, and superstition
of his age. but yet to see positively, is
now gradually opening to the eyes OF
all, as the great fixed fact, OF all sound
political history and philosophy.
Therefore it is. and from this Power,
II is, that the great pivotal idea Of the
American National experiment is, thai
Government is for the People, and mol
the People for the Government.